Founded in 1862, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Hong Kong and China Gas) was the first public utility in Hong Kong. Today it is one of Hong Kong's largest energy suppliers, operating with a world-class corporate management team that is committed to leading-edge business practices. Over the past 150 years, Hong Kong and China Gas has been growing with Hong Kong, making the transition from a gas company supplying fuel for street lamps to the current leading position in the energy industry in the greater China region, providing one of the safest and most reliable gas supplies to residential and commercial customers in Hong Kong.

Hong Kong and China Gas' core business in Hong Kong consists of the production and distribution of gas, marketing and sale of gas, the sale of gas appliances, as well as comprehensive after-sales services. With a pipeline network of more than 3,600 km, Hong Kong and China Gas supplies town gas to approximately 1.86 million customers in the territory as at the end of 2016. In recent years, Hong Kong and China Gas is committed to developing new eco energy and diversified businesses including telecommunications, information technology, civil and building services engineering and manufacturing businesses etc.

Hong Kong and China Gas extended its gas business into mainland China in 1994. As at the end of 2016, the Hong Kong and China Gas Group operates 241 projects across 26 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the mainland. These include piped city-gas projects, upstream, midstream and downstream natural gas sectors, water sectors, efficient energy applications and exploration and utilisation of emerging environmentally-friendly energy, as well as telecommunications.

We wish to alert the public of fraudulent emails and messages, purported to be sent from Lee Shau Kee Foundation (“the Foundation”) or Dr Lee Shau Kee (“Dr Lee”), in an attempt to deceive the recipients into believing that they have been granted a monetary donation / funds by the Foundation or Dr Lee.

These fraudulent emails and messages were sent from free webmail addresses such as “leeshaufamilyfoundation@gmail.com”, “skl.foundation11@hotmail.com”, “leeshaukee5@gmail.com”, or via Facebook Messenger from fraudulent social media account such as “https://www.facebook.com/ezekiel.haruna.5915”.

We hereby clarify that neither the Foundation nor Dr Lee has proactively sent any emails or messages to individuals and/or companies offering any funds / grants. The Foundation and Dr Lee would not use any free webmail account and have not opened or maintained any social media account. The Foundation and Dr Lee have no connection whatsoever with these fraudulent emails, messages and social media accounts. We have reported the matter to the Hong Kong Police for investigation.

Members of the public should be vigilant with regard to fraudulent emails or messages, and should always exercise due care in disclosing any personal data and information, or in acting upon any request for payment from unverified sources. Please report to the police in case of suspicious of fraud.